Greetings all. I have had this type of Excel problem for at least three weeks.
It is my belief that our corporate network does not like the Office macros supplied by GW Micro. We use Del machines and as I am the only one using Window-eyes, I cannot tell if my problem relates to something which Del has installed as part of its factory supplied software. We will shortly reinstall Window-eyes, but only if I can turn all network security features off (or at least - our admin people agree to do so. I had hoped to get back to GW AND Stephen specifically to supply details of our corporate virus software, but I still do not have that information. Vaughan. -----Original Message----- From: M and L Dorn [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2011 6:07 p.m. To: Post to GW-Info List Subject: Re: Microsoft Excel 2003 and WE7.5.1 I was using Office 2000 and had the same trouble. In order to use my spreadsheets, I had to do it on the desktop that still had WE 7.2 on it. I went from Office 2000 to 2003, though, and it's working again. I thought it was an Excel that was too old to be compatible with WE 7.5.1, but you're still having trouble, so I don't know. Good luck! Marilyn At 10:17 PM 9/6/2011, you wrote: OK, so I finally got the chance to upgrade to WE7.5.1. Not exactly a pleasant experience. First of all, the WESounds app does not work any longer. But the real problem arose when I try to open and work with some of my Excel 2003 documents. Honestly, there has been no change to the documents. They worked with WE7.2, but now they don't any longer. Yes, you guys, I have gone through the hazzle of updating the set files. And yes, I have turned off all apps. And yes, I did even restart Window-Eyes several times - with and without apps. What happens is that I can open the workbook (spreadsheet). About a second later, a sound is beeping through my speakers. Then comes up a message telling me that Excel has a problem, an error report has been generated, and do I want to send it or not. First thing you would have thought, is that this is a Microsoft problem. But there is two reasons why I do claim it is not, and do hold a bit on to the claim that GW might have a job to do here. First of all, as I already have stated, the very same files worked just a few hours ago, under WE7.2. All I have done, is to upgrade to 7.5.1, and immediately the trouble arises. Secondly, I did close WE, and load NVDA. With the free NVDA, I could work troublefree with my documents. No error report, whatsoever. I could move around, copy, paste and edit to my heart's desire. I then closed down NVDA, and reloaded WE. Do I have to tell what happened? Well, let me just bug you with telling. Right away, when opening the spreadsheet, there was the trouble on again. Sorry, GW! I am in the need of using my spreadsheets numerous times a day. A free screen reader has no trouble in cooperating. Your paid for thing has. If 7.5.1 cannot work with Excel 2003, I am sorry to say, it is not worth a cent to upgrade. So, what can I possibly do here? Have I overlooked some setting or adjustment that needs to be done after upgrading? Or is this a bug, and youæd better downgrade to 7.2 till GW gets it fixed? Oh yes, I have made sure the Excel.set is loaded, and that the setfiles for Office 2003 are installed. Well, sorry for the frustrated mail. But honestly I did read in the installation process, the standard claim of GW's, that the screen reader stands for stability and rock solidity. I don't really then expect to be thrown off the wagon - by not being able to use my own documents any longer. Specially so, when a free screen reader can perform the task fully trouble free. That is a flaw... If anyone can tell me what to do, I am totally open ears here. ________________________________ Please consider the environment before printing this email and its attachments. Avoid printing, or print double-sided if you can. ------------------------------- This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the author immediately and erase all copies of the email and attachments. The Ministry of Social Development accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message or attachments after transmission from the Ministry. ------------------------------- If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
